2016-05-04 Transcript
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Adam Froggatt [8:04 PM] Roll call - meeting rocks forth [8:04] Russell, Rob, Daniel, Matt Lloyd Bob Wood, Michael 'safe' erskine, Adam F and Ian [8:04] And David Clarke [8:05] *Announcements and events* [8:05] None other than the updates provided by existing teams [8:05] *actions and minutes* [8:06] @chunkyhampton: to organise a meeting for electronics team [8:07] Safety Team - All is safe [8:07] Financials - to be returned to [8:07] Minutes passed [8:07] (seven to be exact) [8:08] Highlight teaser from Financial - we've got the grant and loans into place [8:08] Old Natwest account has finally been closed [8:09] Team updates [8:09] Events [8:09] There will a meeting in may to discuss their operation going forth, and recruit neew people [8:09] @amy-screenqueen: to confirm to confirm the date [8:09] We also have 3 new workshops booked in for May, June and July. :smile: Which will all be hitting the newsletter, there are 2 others in the organisation process for June and July too. [8:09] The 1st Rasberry Pi Jam is set to take place May 28th, thanks to excellent organisation from Moody and sold out in record time. [8:10] Sat 14th May - Armour Workshop (Name TBD) https://armour101.eventbrite.co.uk Sun 19th June - Soap Making Workshop https://soapmakingcrafternoon2.eventbrite.co.uk Images from last Soap WS if needed - https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B5Gjg2dRLmrNbnc3YmduanIzck0 Sun 9th July - Jewellery Making 101 https://crafternoon2jewellery.eventbrite.co.uk [8:10] Software team [8:10] Members can now manage projects in HMS [8:11] Trustees to create comms around this [8:11] This is to eventually replace the DNH system fully [8:11] So everything has the same kind of DNH label on it [8:12] And make tidy up tuesdays and Hack the Space much much easier to do [8:12] Comms team [8:12] Kept to 100% response via FB - responses often in minutes FB likes up to 1388 (+22 since last update) Promoted Ardunio & Ras Pi events Newsletter up to 1060! Got a write up on Bees Make Honey https://beesmakehoneycc.com/2016/04/21/nottingham-hackspace-a-q-a-with-an-innovative-makerspace/ Bees Make Honey Creative Community Bees Make Honey Creative Community Nottingham Hackspace – Q & A with an innovative makerspace Nottingham has many great spaces for creativity and community, often hidden away in the crevices of the city. One such space is Hackspace based in Rodin House in Sneinton. Hackspaces are a phenomenon the world over and the fact Notts has it’s very own. is a thing to be proud of. One of their members, Kate Bolin, was kind enough to answer a few questions. Work in progress… What is Nottingham Hackspace & how long has it been running? Nottingham Hackspace is a community Show more... [8:13] Thanks to @katemonkey for the Q&A answers [8:13] Resources team [8:13] Purchased things [8:13] (sic) [8:14] Membership 431 current members [8:14] CLeared out prospective members [8:14] Question on the target of recruiting 10 people per month [8:15] We'll find out [8:15] Membership team have updated the welcome email, now directs to the new rules and membership guide [8:15] Earlier we were sorting a tour guide to train more people [8:16] We would like some more people, any volunteers contact membership@nottinghack.org.uk [8:16] Tools update [8:16] Bandsaws and lathe continue to be assholes [8:17] fixes are in progress [8:17] Current ETA is a couple of weeks for the broken ones [8:18] Reminder to let tools@nottinghack.org.uk or the broken tools form know if anything has an issue [8:18] *Hackspace 2.5* [8:18] Another saturday session downstairs removed the last of the walls we don't need, and removed a load of old sprinklers too (edited) [8:19] Next session is *THIS SATURDAY AT 8AM* [8:19] *WE WILL BE FILLING SKIPS, WE WILL PAY FOR LUNCH* [8:19] Please help from 8am [8:19] We'll have two skips ready [8:20] we'll update the calendar and @rob will ping the group too slackbot [8:20 PM] PONG Adam Froggatt [8:20 PM] sod off slackbot [8:21] If anyone knows decent commercial companies for stairs and shopfronts, please let the trustees know [8:21] We need three quotes for stuff like doors and stairs new messages [8:23] Please keep the grant quiet until May 14th [8:23] As there are restrictions on what we can actively advertise about it until the Lottery do so themselves [8:23] *Financial Update* Matt Lloyd [8:23 PM] https://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/Financials_April_2016#Quick_summary Adam Froggatt [8:23 PM] Finances ^ [8:24] *AOB* [8:25] Trustee Nomination window is open! It closes this sunday! [8:25] All those applying will be added to the Wiki once the period closes [8:26] Rules consultation window shut yesterday [8:26] Rules come into effect on 15th May (edited) [8:29] *Meeting closed, I have pizza*